Hadronization in Heavy-Ion Reactions

Abstract

We present a model of fast hadronization of constituent quark matter in relativistic heavy ion collisions based on rate equations and capture cross sections in non-relativistic potential. We utilize a thermodynamically consistent approach with a non-ideal equation of state including correlation terms based on string phenomenology. We investigate strange and non-strange particle ratios observed in CERN SPS experiments.

Comments: 9 pages LaTeX, 5 figures, contribution to the Proceedings of the Conference on Correlations and Fluctuations '98, June 14-21, 1998, Matrahaza, Hungary. (Macros: psfig.sty, sprocl.sty)